STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: First ever international painting exhibition organised by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Ministry of External Affairs with the support of Kala Kendra, Jammu was opened here on Sunday at Kala Kendra, Jammu.
This exhibition curated by Rohit Verma will remain open till 2nd of June, 2016 daily between 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM at Kala Kendra, Vikram Chowk, Jammu.
On the occasion, Minister of State for Education, Priya Sethi was the Chief Guest, who inaugurated the exhibition.
Sethi appreciated the efforts of ICCR in bringing the city of Jammu in international limelight through such unique initiatives. Jammu has lot of potential and such International art exposures will certainly help in boosting the contemporary movement of Jammu, she added.
She assured all possible help from the government aimed at the development of tourism, education and culture of the State of J&K.
Earlier giving threadbare background of this international art event, Regional Director of ICCR Balwant Thakur informed that paintings of 19 artists created during ‘India-China Women Artists Residency’ have been put together for this painting exhibition.
Thakur further informed that though ICCR brought the vibrant performing traditions of Zambia, Loas, Spain, Poland, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malasia, and Belgium in Jammu but this is the first occasion when Jammites will get to see the works of international artists. The artists representing the two great and ancient civilizations of Asia that have a deep-rooted tradition of excellence in art and culture, lived and worked together for five days.
Nineteen India-China painters whose works are under display include Zhao Aihua, Yang Yan, Wang Yuhong, Wang Xin, Tang Baoling, Sheetal Gattani, Rekha Rao, Nupur Kundu, Meenakshi Kasliwal Bharati, Madhuri Bhaduri, Lu Yuwei, Liu Yuanshan, Kiran Murdia, Kanchan Chander, He Daqiao, Gogi Saroj Pal, Chen Yanyin, Bulbul Sharma and Asma Menon.
Among those who graced the occasion include eminent playwright Nariender Mohan, Dr. A.S ‘Amn’ Additional Secretary J&K Cultural Academy, Mrs Savita Bakshi former Special Secretary J&K Cultural Academy, Rakesh Sharma Manoj Chopra, Vikram Sharma, Sukhjeet Singh Kukkal, Chander Prakash, Sonu Aggarwal, Vikas Khajuria, Milan Sharma, Jung S. Varman, Dinesh Sharma, Suresh Sharma, Shivani Sharma, K.K. Gandhi, Sahil Ohri, and students of IMFA.
Vote of thanks was presented by Sojayana Sharma, Secretary Kala Kendra, Jammu.
